Milk-pail support.



No. 827,734. PATENTED'AUG. 7, 1906.

J.KUHN.

MILK PAIL SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 19,1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,753.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB KUHN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Pail Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of devices for enabling the milkmanto milk the cow and at the same time hold the pail close to the sourceof supply without having to grip it tightly between his knees.

With this general object in view and others, as hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization, as hereinafter described and claimed; andin order that it maybe fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of amilk-pail suspended from a support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the support. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectiontaken on the line III III of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof one of the lockingpins.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a substantially semicirculardownwardly-tapering plate of spring metal and provided at opposite sidesof its center at its upper and lower edges with outwardly-projectingflanges 2, having holes 3, which, in one of the flanges at least,preferably the upper one, have extensions 3"*, so as to constitutekeyhole-openings. Between flanges 2 the plate is formed with a tonguewhich is arched outwardly to provide .the arm 4, and said arm isprovided, by preference, with a hole 5.

The companion section of the support consists of a second semicircularplate 6 of spring metal and of downwardly-tapering form, and said plateis provided with flanges 7, adapted to flt between flanges 2 when plate6 overlaps plate 1, and said flanges 7 are provided with holes 8,adapted to register with holes 3, one of the sets of holes 8, preferablythe upper one, having extensions 8 so that said holes shall be of thekeyhole type, with the extensions registering with the extensions 3hereinbefore described. Centrally plate 6 is provided with a tonguearched outwardly or in the opposite direction to tongue 4, so as toprovide the arm 9, and said arm is preferably provided with a hole 10.The plates are adjustably fitted together to conjointly form adownwardly-tapering band and are secured in such relation by means ofpins 11, extending down through registering holes in the flanges 2 and 7and provided with enlargements or heads at their upper ends, said pinshaving offsets 13 to pass through the keyholeopenings of the flanges,the pins being then turned so as to dispose the offsetting arms 13 outof register with the extensions 3 and 8 for the purpose of preventingthe pins from being withdrawn until they are first turned to effect theregistration of the arms 13 and the extensions 8 and 3. A support ofthis character can be adjusted to accommodate different-sized pails, thepail 14 being dropped down though the band, as shown in Fig. 1. With thepail thus supported the lnilker after seating himself upon the usualmilking-stool places the ail between his knees and permits the archedarms 4 and 9 to rest upon and transversely of his knees, in whichposition the pail may be conveniently supported without fatigue, becausethe milker is not compelled to press his knees forcibly against thesides of the pail to retain it in position or keep it from tilting.

To adjust the band to different-sized pails, the plates or sections ofthe band are adjustable longitudinally upon each other to bring thedesired holes in register, and the pins are slipped through said holes.The device when not in use may be suspended from a nail or hook or othersupport by means of one of the holes 5 or 10.-

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced amilk-pail support embodying the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable and that certain minor changes may be made in the form,proportion, detail construction, and arrange ment of the parts withoutdeparting from the principle of construction involved.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A pail-support, comprising a pair ofsubstantially semicircular plates having their ends overlapping toconjointly form a band, arched arms projectin outwardly from the centersof said plates, flanges projecting outwardly from the upper and loweredges of the plates at opposite sides of said arms with the flanges ofone late arranged between the flanges of the other plate, and pinsextending through said flanges to secure said plates toether. 2. Amilk-pail support comprising a substantially semicircular plate providedat opposite sides of its center at its upper and lower edges withoutwardly-projecting peripheral flanges having a series of holes certainof which have extensions, a second semicircular plate having its endsfitting against the outer side-of the first-named plate and provided atopposite sides of its center at its upper and lower edges withoutwardly-projecting flanges fitting respectively against the under sideof the upper and the upper side of the lower flanges of the first-namedplate, which have extensions, pins extending down through registeringholes in said flanges and and provided with holes certain of havingheads to limit their downward movement and arms to pass through saidextensions of the holes and adapted when out of register with saidextensions to prevent upward movement of the pins, and arched arms JACOBKUHN.

Witnesses:

F. S. LESLIE, J. H. LEsLIE.

